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Tile with depiction of a cenotaph

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › Iran (place of creation)
    Date
    12th century (1101 - 1200)
    Material and technique
    earthenware, with decoration carved through a black slip under a green glaze
    Dimensions
    37.1 x 28.4 x 2.3 cm (height x width x depth)
    Material index
    processed material › ceramic › pottery › earthenware
    Technique index
    covered › coated › slipped,
    slipped,
    carved,
    formed › carved,
    covered › coated › glazed,
    more
    Object type index
    architecture › tile
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.
    Accession no.
    EA1978.1547

  • Further reading

    Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 18 July-13 September 1981, and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981, Eastern Ceramics and Other Works of Art from the Collection of Gerald Reitlinger: Catalogue of the Memorial Exhibition, Deborah Willis, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum and London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), no. 295 on p. 105, illus. p. 105

    London: Hayward Gallery, 8 April-4 July 1976, The Arts of Islam, Dalu Jones and George Michell, eds (London: Arts Council of Great Britian, 1976), no. 325 on p. 237

Glossary (3)

earthenware, glaze, slip

  • earthenware

    Ceramic material made of clay which is fired to a temperature of c.1000-1200⁰c. The resulting ceramic is non-vitreous and varies in colour from dark red to yellow.

  • glaze

    Vitreous coating applied to the surface of a ceramic to make it impermeable or for decorative effect.

  • slip

    A semi-fluid clay applied to a ceramic before glazing either to coat the surface or for decorative effect.

Location

    • currently in research collection

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